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Sixth Generation.
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29 Aug. 1787, at Ridgebury, Conn., by Rev. Samuel Camp, Congregational, to Eli Andrews, of Danbury, Conn., where he was born, son of Capt. Abram and Sarah (Taylor) Andrews, g. s. of Robert and Anna (Olmstead) Andrews, g. g. s. of Abram and Sarah (Porter) Andrews, and g. g. g. s. of John and Mary Andrews, of Farmington, Conn. They settled in Winchester, Conn., with his father, who gave him ten acres of his home-farm. Soon after 1801, they moved to Central New York, and probably settled in some part of Oneida County.1
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| 896
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VI. ----- Rockwell, a son, name not recorded, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 26 Dec. 1769; died in Ridgebury, Conn., 1 Feb. 1770. The town-record adds the fact that he was unbaptized.
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| 897
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VII. Betty Rockwell, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 11 Nov. 1774; married, 27 Nov. 1799, at Ridgebury, Conn., by Rev. Samuel Camp, Congregational, to her father's cousin, Obil Rockwell, a tanner, who was born in Ridgefield, 2 Dec. 1776, son of Abijah and Lydia (Burchard) Rockwell. They settled in Ridgebury, where she died, 17 Dec. 1851, aged 77 years. He died at Dover, Delaware, 19 Oct. 1870, in his 94th year, and was buried, as was his wife, in Ridgebury Cemetery.
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3112
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| 898
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VIII. Seymour Rockwell, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 7 Nov. 1777; died in Ridgebury, Conn., 25 Aug. 1778, "about 9 months old."
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| 899
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IX. Martin Rockwell, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 27 Aug. 1780; married, and lived in Western New York.
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Chil. of Comfort and Rachel (Rockwell) Wildman.
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206
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| 900
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I. Thomas Wildman, b. in Danbury, Conn., 25 Ap. 1765; married in Danbury, 25; Dec. 1785, by Rev. Samuel Camp, Congregational, to Hannah Benedict, b. in Danbury, 5 Nov. 1765, dau. of Lieut. Lemuel and Sarah (Trowbridge) Benedict. 2 They settled in Danbury, where she died, 14 March 1821, "in her 56th year." Deacon Thomas Wildman died 21 Feb. 1852, "aged 86 years, 9 months, and 26 days." They were buried in Miry Brook graveyard.
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3115
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| 901
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II. Eliakim Wildman, b. in Danbury, Conn., 5 Jan. 1767; married, in Danbury, 17 Nov.1796, Elizabeth Benedict, who was born in Danbury, 9 March 1775, dau. of Lieut. Lemuel and Sarah (Trowbridge) Benedict.2
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3117
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1 See Andrews Genealogy, p. 111, and Boyd's History of Winchester, Conn., p. 106; neither of which books traces their history after leaving Winchester.
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2 See Benedict Genealogy, p.369.
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